Gachama Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Gachama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gachama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gachama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gachama is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gachama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most frequent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Gachama live; 63 percent live in East Africa and 63 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya Gachama is most prevalent in: Trans Nzoia County, where 80 percent reside and Nyandarua County, where 20 percent reside. Outside of Kenya this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gachama
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